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Chinese memory firm CXMT relied on leaked Samsung technology to skip years of R&D, court testimony claims

A former Samsung engineer testified the startup lacked basic lab facilities from the start
Cutting corners: Building a memory chip from the absolute ground up takes years and costs a fortune. ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) apparently decided to skip the hard part – and today, the company stands as China's biggest DRAM producer. A South Korean court recently heard some fairly wild details about how the memory maker actually got its start.
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Researchers found a way to bring expired credit cards back from the dead

"Zombie card" exploit uses two smartphones to rewrite credit card expiration data
WTF?! Credit cards aren't meant to last forever, but a team of researchers just found a way to keep expired ones alive for a little longer than intended, and not for the cardholder's benefit. Not every card is affected, but the flaw sits deep enough in how contactless payments are verified that exploitation isn't just theoretical.
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